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Toward a More Perfect Union: Virtue and the Formation of American Republics
Toward a More Perfect Union Virtue and the Formation of American Republics
Author: Ann Fairfax Withington
In October of 1774, Congress passed a moral code which banned the theater, cock-fights, and horseraces. In abiding by this code, Americans built for themselves a character as a virtuous people which set them apart from the "corrupt" British, prepared them to declare independence, and gave them the confidence to establish republican governments. ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195068351
ISBN-10: 0195068351
Publication Date: 11/11/1991
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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